June 21, 2018. Birding Trip Day 14. Seward to Anchorage.

On a final morning in Seward, we drove out along the west edge of Resurrection Bay to Lowell Point State Recreation Area. There, we walked in woods much like those we lived in while attending Humboldt State University. The trees and herbs were similar, and the birds were like old friends. Pacific Wren, Brown Creeper, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and Townsend's Warblers were the highlights, but we also saw Stellar's Jay, Varied Thrush, and others.

From there, we moved to the other side of the bay and birded the shoreline where two young Bald Eagles were eagerly awaiting leftovers from fisherman's catches. These two birds allowed a close approach, as did Glaucous-winged Gulls, Song Sparrows, and Northwestern Crows.

We made quick stops in a few other places and saw fun birds like American Dipper, Trumpeter Swans with cygnets, and Wilson's Snipe standing atop dead trees giving mating calls (usually they hide out-of-sight in weedy marshes). Night in Anchorage (Coast International Inn).

Trip Map.